The local space context of Rome as this registry holds it — the catalogued human footprint on the ground around it, the orbits that can pass overhead, and the geostationary belt seen from here.
| position | 41.892° N, 12.511° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,318,895 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poligono Sperimentale e di Addestramento Interforze del Salto di Quirra | 364 km SW (227°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Salto di Quirra (San Lorenzo), Perdas de Fogu, Sardegna | 364 km SW (227°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Jupiter sites, Gioia del Colle, Italy | 390 km ESE (107°) | 40.760° N, 16.930° E | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais de la Mediterranee, Ile du Levant, Var, France | 512 km WNW (287°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Speciaux, Ile du Levant, Var | 512 km WNW (287°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| Le Cardonnet, Montpelier, France | 748 km WNW (288°) | 43.580° N, 3.640° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Merzig, N of Saar | 957 km NNW (333°) | 49.450° N, 6.600° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 966 km NNW (335°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Koroni, Peloponnisos, Hellas (beach launch area) | 991 km ESE (122°) | 36.770° N, 21.950° E | gcat-sites |
Distances are great-circle on a sphere of mean radius 6,371 km; bearings are initial true bearings from the city. Each position is the source catalogue's own, read back from the registry.
Of the 23,251 artificial objects the registry places in Earth orbit on 2026-10-18, 19,939 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 41.892° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,312 never reach this latitude.
| space station | inclination | can pass overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Xiang | 85.0° | yes |
| International Space Station (+3 docked records) | 51.6° | yes |
| Kosmos-382 | 55.9° | yes |
| Tianhe | 41.5° | no — its track stops at 41.5° |
Computed: an orbit's equatorial inclination bounds the latitudes its track reaches (inclination i, or 180° − i when retrograde), from the orbital elements the registry holds. «Can pass overhead» is geometry, not a schedule — when, and whether it is lit and visible, depends on the hour.
The geostationary belt arcs across the southern sky and stands 41.6° above the horizon due south — the elevation to aim at for a satellite at this city's own longitude. Computed: spherical Earth (equatorial radius 6,378.137 km), circular orbit of one sidereal day (42,164 km); good to a few tenths of a degree.
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